President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama leave the stage to greet members of the audience in the 440th Structural Maintenance Hangar at Fort Bragg, N.C., on Wednesday.

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama leave the...

President Barack Obama speaks to troops at Fort Bragg, N.C., on Wednesday.

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President Barack Obama speaks to troops at Fort Bragg, N.C., on...

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama leave the stage to greet members of the military at Fort Bragg, N.C., on Wednesday.

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama leave the...

Troops listen as President Barack Obama speaks during a visit to Fort Bragg, N.C., on Wednesday.

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Troops listen as President Barack Obama speaks during a visit to...

First lady Michelle Obama listens as President Barack Obama speaks to troops at Fort Bragg, N.C., on Wednesday.

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First lady Michelle Obama listens as President Barack Obama speaks...

President Barack Obama listens as first lady Michelle Obama speaks to troops at Fort Bragg, N.C., on Wednesday.

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President Barack Obama listens as first lady Michelle Obama speaks...

Members of the military watch as President Barack Obama spoke to troops at Fort Bragg, N.C., on Wednesday.

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Members of the military watch as President Barack Obama spoke to...

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are greeted by North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue and her husband, Bob Eave,s upon their arrival at Fort Bragg, N.C., on Wednesday.

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are greeted by...

President Barack Obama, accompanied by first lady Michelle Obama, salutes an Air Force officer as they walk down the stairs of Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on Wednesday.

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President Barack Obama, accompanied by first lady Michelle Obama,...

People chant anti-US slogans during a demonstration in Fallujah, 40 miles west of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday. Thousands of people on gathered in Fallujah to celebrate the US withdrawal, hoisting Iraqi flags and holding dozens of banners that says "Fallujah, the symbol of resistance" and "Fallujah the symbol of honorable resistance" and "Fallujah that represent the stability" and "Fallujah represents Steadfastness ." (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

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People chant anti-US slogans during a demonstration in Fallujah, 40...

People chant anti-US slogans during a demonstration in Fallujah, 40 miles west of Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday. , Dec. 14, 2011. Thousands of people gathered in

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People chant anti-US slogans during a demonstration in Fallujah, 40...

Paul McCartney performs on stage during his "Good Evening Europe" European Tour, his first since 2003, at Olympic Hall in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Paul McCartney performs on stage during his "Good Evening Europe"...

Paul McCartney performs on stage during his "Good Evening Europe" European Tour, his first since 2003, at Olympic Hall in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Paul McCartney performs on stage during his "Good Evening Europe"...

A father and his son mourn as they look at the scene Tuesday's attack in the city center of Liege, Belgium, on Wednesday. The body of a woman has been found in the garage of a grenade-lobbing gunman, bringing to four the number of people killed in an attack in the city of Liege, officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

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A father and his son mourn as they look at the scene Tuesday's...

A woman lays black roses at a bus stop where a grenade-lobbing gunman killed four people and injured 123, in the city center of Liege, Belgium, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

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A woman lays black roses at a bus stop where a grenade-lobbing...

Flowers and small notes are displayed next to the impact mark of a bullet in a wall, in Liege, Belgium, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

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Flowers and small notes are displayed next to the impact mark of a...

Women mourn as they sit at a bus stop where a grenade-lobbing gunman killed four people and injured 123, in the city center of Liege, Belgium, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

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Women mourn as they sit at a bus stop where a grenade-lobbing...

A woman light a candle at a bus stop where a grenade-lobbing gunman killed four people and injured 123, in the city center of Liege, Belgium, Wednesday. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

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A woman light a candle at a bus stop where a grenade-lobbing gunman...

Two children walk hand-in-hand towards a clinic where a Kenyan army medic was examining patients, in the seaside town of Bur Garbo, Somalia, on Wednesday. The Kenyan military clearly realises that the ultimate success of their mission in Somalia depends on improving the lives of residents there but equally clear is that they did not plan on having to do it all themselves, leaving Somalis in Bur Garbo dependent on handouts from them. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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Two children walk hand-in-hand towards a clinic where a Kenyan army...

A member of a pro-government Somali militia patrols on the beach in the seaside town of Bur Garbo, Somalia, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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A member of a pro-government Somali militia patrols on the beach in...

A young Somali girl stands with other children watching the commotion as residents queue up to seek treatment at a medical clinic where a Kenyan army medic was examining patients, in the seaside town of Bur Garbo, Somalia, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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A young Somali girl stands with other children watching the...

Somali women speak to a Kenyan army soldier as they wait to seek treatment outside a medical clinic where a Kenyan army medic was examining patients, in the seaside town of Bur Garbo, Somalia, on Wednesday.

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Somali women speak to a Kenyan army soldier as they wait to seek...

Kenyan army soldiers, wearing helmets, and members of a pro-government Somali militia ride on a truck in the seaside town of Bur Garbo, Somalia, on Wednesday.

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Kenyan army soldiers, wearing helmets, and members of a...

A Somali woman holds her baby who needs treatment, as she talks to a Kenyan army soldier outside a medical clinic where they were examining patients, in the seaside town of Bur Garbo, Somalia, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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A Somali woman holds her baby who needs treatment, as she talks to...

A Kenyan army soldier on an armored vehicle keeps watch in front of a Kenyan air force helicopter at their base near the seaside town of Bur Garbo, Somalia, on Wednesday.

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A Kenyan army soldier on an armored vehicle keeps watch in front of...

Lindsay Lohan covers her face during a progress report session at the Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday. A judge says Lohan is doing well under her strict new probation routine of counseling and working at the county morgue. Lohan remains on probation for a 2007 drunken driving and a grand theft case filed earlier this year.

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Lindsay Lohan covers her face during a progress report session at...

Lindsay Lohan, right, alongside her attorney Shawn Chapman Holley are seen during a progress report session at the Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday.

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Lindsay Lohan, right, alongside her attorney Shawn Chapman Holley...

Lindsay Lohan is escorted out of the Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday.

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Lindsay Lohan is escorted out of the Los Angeles Superior Court on...

Palestinian children hold toy guns during a rally to mark 24 years of Hamas's founding, in Gaza city, on Wednesday. Tens of thousands of Gazans turned out Wednesday for an anniversary rally of the ruling Hamas, a demonstration of strength for the Islamic militant movement ahead of Palestinian general elections tentatively set for the spring. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

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Palestinian children hold toy guns during a rally to mark 24 years...

Palestinian women gather during a rally to mark 24 years since Hamas' founding, in Gaza city, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Bahraini protesters shout anti-government slogans during a rally of tens of thousands on Wednesday outside the United Nations offices in Manama, Bahrain. Protest leaders delivered a letter to U.N. officials saying they demand an elected government and seeking U.N. monitoring of government actions in response to an international investigation that found numerous human rights abuses.

Anti-government protesters, including nurse Rula al-Saffar, left, hold Bahraini flags and pictures of jailed nurse and photographer Hasan Matooq during a rally Wednesday outside the United Nations offices in Manama, Bahrain. Protest leaders delivered a letter to U.N. officials saying they demand an elected government and seeking U.N. monitoring of the government response to an international investigation that found numerous human rights abuses. The sign, held by al-Saffar who is among medical workers being retried on charges relating to the uprising, reads:"Freedom for the angel of mercy, the nurse Hasan Matooq."

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Anti-government protesters, including nurse Rula al-Saffar, left,...

Dozens join in a rally voicing their concerns about proposed budget cuts in the Medicaid system, during a rally at the State House in Augusta, Maine, on Wednesday.

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Dozens join in a rally voicing their concerns about proposed budget...

Natasha Mayers, of Whitefield, Maine, voices her concerns about proposed budget cuts in the Medicaid system, during a rally at the State House in Augusta, Maine, on Wednesday.

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Natasha Mayers, of Whitefield, Maine, voices her concerns about...

Kevin Sweat is escorted to a waiting vehicle after a hearing at the Okfuskee County Courthouse in Okemah, Okla. on Tuesday. Sweat is charged with first-degree murder in the June 2008 deaths of 13-year-old Taylor Placker and 11-year-old Skyla Whitaker near Weleetka. He faces the same charge in the death earlier this year of his girlfriend, Ashley Taylor.

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Kevin Sweat is escorted to a waiting vehicle after a hearing at...

Relatives of Taylor Paschal-Placker share embraces after a hearing for Kevin Sweat at the Okfuskee County Courthouse in Okemah, Okla. on Tuesday. Sweat is charged with first-degree murder in the June 2008 deaths of 13-year-old Taylor Placker and 11-year-old Skyla Whitaker near Weleetka. He faces the same charge in the death earlier this year of his girlfriend, Ashley Taylor.

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Relatives of Taylor Paschal-Placker share embraces after a hearing...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, second left, give Christmas gifts to children during the traditional Christmas party at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Wednesday.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and his wife, Carla...

France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy looks at her husband, President Nicolas Sarkozy, during the traditional Christmas party at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Wednesday.

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France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy looks at her husband,...

A reindeer is held outside 10, Downing Street, London, before the Chancellor of the Exchequer's annual Christmas party, Wednesday.

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A reindeer is held outside 10, Downing Street, London, before the...

A man dressed as Father Christmas stands with a reindeer and handler outside 11, Downing Street, London, before the Chancellor of the Exchequer's annual Christmas party, Wednesday.

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A man dressed as Father Christmas stands with a reindeer and...

In a Tuesday photo, investigators work in the back yard of 591 N.E. 22nd Ave in Canby, Ore., where a an explosion caused by a pipe bomb inside a box killed one person over the weekend. Ivan Rodriguez, 31, died Sunday night when the bomb exploded in a toolbox-like container that he either poked or picked up as he was helping a family move out of their house, police said. Police were trying to determine whether the device was among belongings of the family, who were in the middle of a move to Salem. The explosion was being investigated by the Metro Explosive Disposal unit, which includes police in the Portland agency and federal agencies. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Benjamin Brink)

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In a Tuesday photo, investigators work in the back yard of 591 N.E....

Emergency personnel gather outside of a building where there was an elevator accident in New York on Wednesday. A woman was killed when her foot or leg became caught in an elevator's closing doors, New York City fire officials said.

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Emergency personnel gather outside of a building where there was an...

In this picture taken Monday and released by Argentine judicial officials Wednesday, forensic anthropologists work on a common grave recently discovered and allegedly containing the remains of at least 15 people apparently slain during the country's 1976-1983 dictatorship, in Argentina's northern state of Tucuman.

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In this picture taken Monday and released by Argentine judicial...

In this picture taken Monday and released by Argentine judicial officials Wednesday, forensic anthropologists work on a common grave recently discovered and allegedly containing the remains of at least 15 people apparently slain during the country's 1976-1983 dictatorship, in Argentina's northern state of Tucuman.

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In this picture taken Monday and released by Argentine judicial...

Etibar Elchiyev demonstrates his magnetic ability as he poses with 50 metal spoons magnetized to his body during an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for Most Spoons on a Human Body in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Wednesday. Elchiyev claims that his body acts as a magnet attracting metal objects. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

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Etibar Elchiyev demonstrates his magnetic ability as he poses with...

Firefighters take part in a protest against spending cuts in Catalonia's public services in Barcelona, Spain, on Wednesday. The euro is falling against the dollar on renewed fears that European leaders won't be able to solve the region's growing debt crisis. Spain's jobless rate stands at a 15-year high of 21.5 percent, the highest in the eurozone.

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Firefighters take part in a protest against spending cuts in...

Firefighters take part in a protest against spending cuts in Catalonia's public services in Barcelona, Spain, on Wednesday. The euro is falling against the dollar on renewed fears that European leaders won't be able to solve the region's growing debt crisis. Spain's jobless rate stands at a 15-year high of 21.5 percent, the highest in the eurozone.

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Firefighters take part in a protest against spending cuts in...

Mohammad Shafia, Hamed Shafia and Tooba Mohammad Yahya arrive at the Frontenac county courthouse in Kingston, Ontario, Canada . on Wednesday. Tooba Yahya, 42, and her husband Mohammad Shafia, 58, are charged alongside their eldest son, Hamed, 20, with four counts of first-degree murder. They're accused of killing Shafia sisters, Zainab, 19, Sahar, 17, and Geeti, 13, along with Shafia's other wife in a polygamous marriage.

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Mohammad Shafia, Hamed Shafia and Tooba Mohammad Yahya arrive at...

Swedish 2011 Nobel literature laureate, Tomas Transtromer, seated in a wheelchair, listens to school pupils singing the traditional anthem of Saint Lucia, Queen of Lights, at the library in the Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Scanpix Sweden, Fredrik Sandberg)

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Swedish 2011 Nobel literature laureate, Tomas Transtromer, seated...

An Eldorado, N.M., jogger gets his morning run in through some snow on Wednesday. Winter storm warnings and advisories are in effect as more snow and rain make their way across portions of northern and central New Mexico. Forecasters with the National Weather Service

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An Eldorado, N.M., jogger gets his morning run in through some snow...

This image released by Time Magazine shows the Person of the Year issue featuring "The Protester." The magazine on Wednesday cited dissent across the Middle East that has spread to Europe and the United States, and says these protesters are reshaping global politics.